British Guiana: The Gimpex Way

"Hello, late workers," reads the
cheery newspaper ad. "Are you usually late for work, appointments and
dates? Well, let Gimpex take care of this with a Russian alarm
wristwatch." And if timing is no problem, how about Chinese or
Czechoslovakian sewing machines, glassware, pots and pans, brushes,
cut-rate food items? In British Guiana's capital of Georgetown, Gimpex,
short for Guiana Import-Export Corp., offers them all. The company is
the colony's biggest importer of Communist goods, and Marxist Premier
Cheddi lagan's lifeline to the Red world.